For reference (as per Wikipedia):

Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization’s communication structure.

— Melvin E. Conway

Imagine interpreting that as advice on how you should try to design things, lol.

Tbf, I think most of the post is just typical LinkedIn fluff, but I didn’t want to take the poor fellow out of context.

  • @groucho
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    161 year ago

    “I should make sure my software architecture mirrors our org’s communication structure.”

    Conway’s law exists

    “Holy shit I am already so good at this.”